https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/c44ccc931b492fa59912c34cda580d2b.pdf 996681cf56ff3affe20a9e5e14626be5 PDF Text Text Meeting Date; Resolution #: 10/19/2010 10/154/2010 Whereas, the Board of Trustees is desirous of engaging counsel to provide legal advice and counsel to the Board as it sits or acts as Police Commissioners on the disciplinary hearing of Police Detective Jose Quinoy; Now, Therefore Be 11 Resolved the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute the attached retainer agreement hiring Clinton Smith, Esq. for this purpose. Moved: Trustee Schroedel Seconded: Trustee Campbell Vote: 6-0 �WORMSER, KlELY, GALEF £e J A C O B S LLP 3 9 9 GLENN M.AZZINAR! CHARLES Q. 8AN1NO EUQENE J, CALLAHAN THOMAS L.FUEKTH HARLAN T.GREENMAN KEVIN M.HIRSON ROBERT F.JACOBS MICHAEL T. KELLY MICHAEL W.MACKAY WILUAM J. MAC KNIGHT, JR. APPEN MENON JOHN T, MORIN KEITH M.PINTER DANIEL POZtN WIIJUAM a SCHREIBER CLINTON B. SMITH IRARSTECHEL SUSANNE NIENABER VON TORK ANMtEJ.WANG WAYNE LWAftNKEN DONALD JAY WOLPSON LESTER D. STEINMAN OF COUNSEL KNOLLWOOD R O A D WHITE PLAINS, N Y OL*) I0603-I93J 997-0900 FACSIMILE ( 9 I 4 > 9 9 7 - 1 0 3 9 www.wkgj.com October 18,2010 STUART £, BERELSON PATRICIA A. CODY ANDREW R.LERNER ALANM.WARSHAUER LYNNE.WEINIG COUNSEL ELIZABETH L CHAMULAK ANNA L GEORGIOU STEFi N.KAPLAN BARBARA J. KWON MICHAEL MANDEl JENNIFER L. MARLBOROUGH CRISTINAL. MENQ GAYLE S. OSHRIN KAREN L WAGNER JOSEPH M.YOO NEW YORK OFFICE 825 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK, MY 10022-7519 (212) €87-4600 FAX: (212) 687-5703 Janet Gandolfo, Esq. Village Attorney Village of Sleepy Hollow 2nd Floor 28 Beekman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 Re: Village of Sleepy Hollow; Board of Trustees; Police Disciplinary Hearing; Legal Services Dear Ms. Gandolfo: I am writing as we discussed last Friday to set forth our proposal and terms of engagement to provide legal advice and counsel to the Village of Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees as it sits as the Board of Trustees or acts as Police Commissioners on the disciplinary hearing of Police Detective Jose Quinoy under, I presume, the Westchester County Village Police Act (N.Y. Unconsolidated Laws §57U-q). In this engagement we would sit with the Board at each hearing session, advise the Board of issues and potential issues as they arise, meet separately with the Board a$ the Board may request, and research and report to the Board on such issues as the Board may request Our engagement will not include any preparation or presentation of the disciplinary charges against Detective Quinoy or any representation of the Village in litigation, but of course we would consider representation of the Village on equivalent terms in any challenge to a Board decision under New York Civil Practice Law & Rules Article 78. We will charge for our services on an hourly basis using our standard hourly rates but allowing a 10% discount to the Village as a municipal client. Billing rates in our White Plains office currently range, without discount, from $340.00 to $400.00 for partners, from $245.00 to $400.00 for associates and counsel, and $90.00 for legal assistants. Partners and counsel hourly billing rates typically change each January 1, and associates and legal assistants hourly billing rates typically change' each July 1. �WORMSER, KlELY, GALEF & JACOBS LLP Page 2 I will be the attorney in charge of this engagement, and my current billing rate is $400.00, or $360.00 to the Village after applying the discount. I will attend all of the hearing sessions and meetings with the Board unless a scheduling conflict is unavoidable and the Village agrees to substitution of another attorney, but I expect to call cm other attorneys to assist in researching issues, drafting papers, and the like when those other attorneys can do so efficiently and effectively and particularly when they can do so at a lower billing rate. We will bill the Village monthly for services rendered and expenses incurred. The Village may have a right to arbitration in case of any fee dispute under Part 137 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts, and we will provide you with a copy of those rules upon request. Our engagement will begin once the Village either signs and returns a copy of this letter or adopts a Resolution for our engagement. Thereafter, either the Village or we may terminate our engagement at any time with or without cause, but any termination by us would be subject to Rules of Professional Conduct. Please do not hesitate to contact me if the Board or you have any question or concern or need anything further at this time. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the Village. Very truly yours, CBS/lo F:\SLEEPY HOLLOW DISCIPLINARY HEARING\LTROOl.DOC The foregoing is agreed to this day of October, 2010 VILLAGE OF SLEEPY HOLLOW By: cc: p Charles G. Banino, Esq. 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